dirigeants

\di.ʁi.ʒɑ̃\

/\di.ʁi.ʒɑ̃\/ adj

The verdict

“dirigeants” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,572. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,572
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
15
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Masculin pluriel de dirigeant.

Corpus desk

Index FR-dirigeants · dirigeants · French

dirigeants · rank #2,572 · 15 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,572
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH différente

Nearest frequency peer: différente (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « dirigeants »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « dirigeants » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

dirigeants vs Dirigent
70% similar
dirigeants vs dirigeons
80% similar
dirigeants vs dirigeant
90% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for dirigeants
PropertyValue
Headworddirigeants
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\di.ʁi.ʒɑ̃\
Letters10
Frequency rank#2,572
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « dirigeants »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).dirigeantsse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « différente » (#2,571), « Emmanuel » (#2,573), « diffusion » (#2,570). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « dirigeants » est au #2,572. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around dirigeants (IPA \di.ʁi.ʒɑ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #2,572 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Masculin pluriel de dirigeant.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for dirigeants, with forms such as "ddirigeants", "diirgeants", and "dirgieants". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "Dirigent", "dirigeons", "dirigeant", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is dirigeants, spelled D-I-R-I-G-E-A-N-T-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Masculin pluriel de dirigeant.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how dirigeants appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. De même que l’accueil réservé à l’abbé Orlemanski, les bruits qui annoncent une modification importante des demandes territoriales soviétiques en faveur d’une Pologne « défascistisée » et la campagne contre les tendances antisémites dans l’armée polonaise du général Sosnkowski semblent destinés à un seul but : éloigner des pouvoirs et des postes dirigeant…

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ddirigeants
  • diirgeants
  • dirgieants
  • diriegants
  • dirigaents
  • dirigeannts
  • dirigeanst
  • dirigeantss
  • dirigeantts
  • dirigeatns
  • dirigenats
  • diriggeants
  • dirrigeants
  • driigeants
  • idrigeants

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of dirigeants - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ddirigeants1diirgeants2dirgieants2diriegants2dirigaents2dirigeannts1dirigeanst2dirigeantss1
Edit distance from "dirigeants"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "dirigeants"?
"dirigeants" is spelled D-I-R-I-G-E-A-N-T-S. The IPA pronunciation is \di.ʁi.ʒɑ̃\.
What does "dirigeants" mean?
As an adjective, "dirigeants" means: Masculin pluriel de dirigeant.
What words are commonly confused with "dirigeants"?
"dirigeants" is commonly confused with "Dirigent", "dirigeons", "dirigeant". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "dirigeants"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dirigeants" is \di.ʁi.ʒɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dirigeants" come from?
"dirigeants" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "dirigeants", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list